NCJ Number
2348
Date Published
1969
Length
535 pages
Annotation
SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY INTO THE NATURE AND BASIS FOR THE CRIMINAL LAW BY MEANS OF SEPARATE READINGS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR BRINGS TOGETHER RESEARCH ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF CRIMINAL LAW. THE MATERIAL IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO STAGES OF THE LEGAL PROCESS. THE BOOK IS THUS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS ON FORMULATION OF CRIMINAL LAW, ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW, JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL LAW, AND ADMINISTRATION OF PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL POLICY. ALL THE SELECTIONS PERTAIN TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THAT LAW IS BEING PRACTICED, AND THE FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ARE DIRECTED TOWARD JUSTICE AS AN IDEAL. THE WORK ATTEMPTS TO FORMULATE A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF CRIMINAL LAW. IN A REFORMULATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL JURISPRUDENCE, IT PROPOSES A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY OF INTERESTS. THE THEORY CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS ABOUT CRIMINAL LAW IN POLITICALLY ORGANIZED SOCIETY, THE INTEREST STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY, THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER AND THE CONFLICTS WHICH CHARACTERIZE THE INTEREST STRUCTURE, AND THE FORMULATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL LAW WITHIN THE INTEREST STRUCTURE OF POLITICALLY ORGANIZED SOCIETY. THE THEORY IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE FOR THE INTEGRATION AND SYNTHESIS OF THE RESEARCH PRESENTED HERE ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF CRIMINAL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)